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Is Pur Aqua Orange Tangerine ultra-processed?

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Pack of Pur Aqua Orange Tangerine

Yes, it's ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 11 ingredients
  • 6 additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

water, lactic acid, fruit, vegetable for color, turmeric for color, sucralose, natural flavors, CONTAINS 2% and LESS OF THE FOLLOWING (acesulfame potassium), xanthan gum, potassium sorbate

Additives: E100 Curcumin , E202 Potassium sorbate , E270 Lactic acid , E415 Xanthan gum , E950 Acesulfame k , E955 Sucralose

As written on the pack

WATER, LACTIC ACID, FRUIT AND VEGETABLE JUICE FOR COLOR, TURMERIC FOR COLOR, SUCRALOSE, NATURAL FLAVORS, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF THE FOLLOWING: ACESULFAME POTASSIUM, XANTHAN GUM, POTASSIUM SORBATE

What makes it ultra-processed

Cosmetic additives

Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • E100 Curcumin Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
  • E950 Acesulfame k Acesulfame K is a synthetic sweetener about 200 times sweeter than sugar, often combined with aspartame or sucralose.
  • E955 Sucralose Sucralose is a sweetener made by chlorinating sugar.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
1 ingredient that would only make it processed

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • E202 Potassium sorbate Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.

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About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4099100154672, last edited 15 June 2025), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
  • Photo: Open Food Facts contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
  • NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.